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With characters like Maniacal Marvin and Henrietta the hare, writer and actor Steve Martin joins with New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast in a new book that turns the alphabet upside down and sideways.

The scandal that came to be known as "Plamegate" began in 2003 with the publication of a CIA agent's name. It eventually encompassed the perjury conviction of a senior White House official. Now the agent tells her side of the story — or at least the parts the CIA will let her tell — in a new memoir.

Dueling versions of one of the world's great novels have created a book-world furor. One new edition calls itself the "original version." That's drawn fire from an editor who says it's basically a rough draft — and who just published another version by a team of superstar translators.

In Fair Game, Valerie Plame Wilson tells her side of the White House scandal over the leak of her identity. The former CIA agent's cover was blown by a conservative columnist after her husband criticized the Bush administration's rationale for the Iraq war.

Neurologist Oliver Sacks has spent a career investigating the brain and its capacity to confound humans. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through case studies he's gathered from patients, musicians and everyday people.

A bombing attack against Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her supporters draws worldwide condemnation. A suicide bomber attacked her convoy within hours of her triumphant return to Karachi as it was moving through downtown.

As Benazir Bhutto's motorcade slowly made its way through throngs of well-wishers Thursday — heading toward the family estate — the city of Karachi was in turmoil, even before the explosions near her motorcade later in the day. Traffic was snarled and residents were debating whether her return was good thing.

Cartoonist Garry Trudeau's latest book is Doonesbury.com's The Sandbox, a collection of blog posts by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Trudeau says his goal was to provide a flavor of what life is like in those war zones.

President Bush recently honored the Dalai Lama with the Congressional Gold Medal. The medal is the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress. In response, China is protesting the award. Asian journalist Thomas Laird is joined by Kenneth Lieberthal, an expert on China, to offer analysis.

Novelist Junot Diaz's first novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao explores the complexities of living in two cultures at once. Set in both the United States and in the Dominican Republic, the novel follows the story of Oscar Wao in prose that frequently mixes Spanish and English in the same sentence.